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Blood pressure is complex plumbing. We generally start by looking at baroreceptors on the renal arteries and go from there. Its not magic. The oddity ...

Kazantzakis makes me want to stick a fork in my eye, although I also like the movie. To believe that the divine knows the depths of one's grief, not f...

Sounds like Nikos Kazantzakis.

You originally seemed to suggest that an analysis of an organism does not lend itself to talk of states. I disagreed. Homeostasis is in fact all about...

So how does this propitiatory sacrifice work out beautifully for you? The suffering of christ did what exactly?

Yes.

True. I guess you mean it's irrelavent if there really is any voice in the same way it's irrelevant whether we're presently in a simulation, or that t...

Sorry, I couldn't make much sense of your post. :sad:

Indeed. Unfortunately, it requires some lack of apathy to hold anyone to a standard.

You can't actually tell by external signs that a person is experiencing an internal voice. They have to tell you that.

Was that seriously always there? That's funny.

Flux is a state. A living organism is always in this state. The world in general is even if it looks stable. Stability is the outcome of equal opposin...

A church is a museum.

Organismic facts? What analysis of an organism doesn't start with concept of homeostasis? That is the defining feature of an organism.

That's good.

You might be surprised to discover how long ago the Pope was first identified as Antichrist. And of of course To Mega Therion has always been lurking....

This wasn't my concern. As I explained, I think Baden wants the members to flag moderators if there are concerns. I found that to be odd. My view was ...

Or maybe there just isn't enough social glue to go around?

God became flesh. He had himself crucified in order to redeem his own creation. It's the ravings of a lunatic.

Do bizarre fantasies really help insecure people? Or does it just make them more insecure and slave-like? I think we should do away with tax exemption...

:grin: Does he do miracles?

Christianity is a dead religion. It's a vestige of a world now gone. It's absurd stories and ridiculous requirements have been superseded by secular a...

Tyranny doesn't always come from without. In some cultures people are taught in childhood to internalize a dictatorial figure. People of that kind won...

Teddy Roosevelt (who supposedly claimed the saying is West African) meant that it's best to be soft and friendly up front and keep forcefulness on the...

Wolves like to gang up to attack their prey. Her name should be wolfganger.

English only has one word for being: to be. Other languages such as Spanish have two, one of which is for telling about the state a thing is in as opp...

I don't have the issue you think I do. Someone said that the internet is the domain of the id. I've come to agree with that. There are places here and...

I asked you first.

Yet they aren't me anymore than my hair is me. Beliefs come and go. I take a grain of salt with them. Self mastery. Taking control of your emotions aw...

Anyone who can make you angry is your master. By what method do you gain freedom? Or do you even want that?

Taking the challenge?

The challenge of stepping aside from your beliefs, not identifying with them: that's good too.

Awesome, probably.

If I were to become hypocritical, I would really appreciate someone telling me. Its a challenge to emotional maturity.

:lol: I thought there was something james bondish about you.

You work for the CIA?

Did you actually make a gmail account with that name?

Why does that happen?

So has anybody else flagged a moderator or complained about a decision? What was your experience with it?

Happen to have mushrooms. Ought to be able to come up with something.

Yeah. I think I'll eat in tonight.

I don't send food back unless it looks dangerous. If I think there's something I would want to know if I was the manager I think about taking the time...

So you've never flagged a moderator?

It's interesting that your first thought would be that I'm on the road to being banned. I have no issue. Baden told me in another thread that I should...

I've never flagged anybody. I prefer to face people directly. I would have thought that flagging moderators or even complaining about their actions wo...

:lol: So you've never flagged a moderator's post?

Could you share the story? Or would you rather not?

Have you ever flagged a moderator or complained about an action?

I played golf with a doctor today. He said that when he comes across an asshole he just thinks: I could be treating you next week or next year. There ...

Well said.